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Short Note: Natural seasonal variability of aragonite saturation state within two Antarctic coastal ocean sites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

Ben I. McNeil*
Affiliation:
Climate Change Research Centre, Faculty of Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Colm Sweeney
Affiliation:
Co-operative Institute for Research in Environmental Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, and the Earth System Research Laboratory, NOAA, USA
John A.E. Gibson
Affiliation:
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 129, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia

Abstract

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Physical Sciences
Copyright
Copyright © Antarctic Science Ltd 2011

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